Alternative to word association

[Waterman]

How about a story? I supply the opening line and the next person adds a sentence of a few words and so on…..

 

Here goes:

 

As he gathered his tackle from the garage he trembled with anticipation…

 

[ 19. March 2004, 10:01 AM: Message edited by: Waterman ]

[Elton]

"What if the owner wakes up and catches me stealing all this kit?" he thought.

[Waterman]

Elton:

"What if the owner wakes up and catches me stealing all this kit?" he thought.

His tackle, it says HIS tackle!

But it did make laugh

 

P.S. I was thinking fishing tackle and not lingerie

[rob.i]

Then he woke up.

 

[ 18. March 2004, 10:41 AM: Message edited by: rob.i ]

[Waterman]

Or how about

 

but his excitement soon faded as he realized it was March 18th and he'd have to make do on a still water.

 

I'm as bad as you two, a story is supposed to go somewhere!

 

[ 18. March 2004, 10:51 AM: Message edited by: Waterman ]

[rob.i]

Normally he did not fish the puddles but,

[kleinboet]

as the rivers were in spate and unfishable anyway,

[rob.i]

he thought he would give it a go.

[Elton]

Waterman:

Waterman:

"What if the owner wakes up and catches me stealing all this kit?" he thought.

His tackle, it says HIS tackle!

But it did make laugh

 

P.S. I was thinking fishing tackle and not lingerie

"His tackle" as in the guy who owns it. i.e.

 

The garage door opened quietly, as Mick the burglar made his entrance. He'd watched the owner switch off his bedroom light an hour earlier.

 

As he gathered his tackle from the garage he trembled with anticipation…

 

"What if the owner wakes up and catches me stealing all this kit?" he thought.

 

Perfectly logical.

[Elton]

rob.i:

he thought he would give it a go.

with the tackle he'd stolen earlier.